Friday on Lake Effect: Medicaid Expansion, Project Milwaukee,

We look at Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to expand Medicaid access and how it could impact Wisconsinites. Then, we set the stage for our week-long Project Milwaukee series on the challenges of providing clean, safe drinking water in the region. Historian John Gurda gives a look back to the early days of water in Milwaukee, and we learn about the story of a Wisconsin woman who has run across the country, and inspired others to do the same.

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Since the Affordable Care Act was first passed in 2010, states have had the option to expand access to Medicaid to people living just above the federal poverty line. Wisconsin is among a minority of states that didn't accept these funds. Gov. Tony Evers wants to change that.

In his most recent budget is a proposal to expand access to Medicaid. The move could bring health care coverage to thousands of Wisconsinites.

There has been a lot of effort in the last decade to denote Milwaukee as a so-called “world water hub.” To date, many companies that research water and water-related technology have chosen to locate in the region, but the importance of water to the area is hardly new.

Just over nine years ago, Brookfield native Ashley Schneider (then Ashley Kumlien) successfully became the 16th woman to run across the entire United States. It was a remarkable achievement for its athleticism.

But the reason she did it, and what that effort has evolved into — the organization MS Run the U.S. — are even more important than that first run. Schneider’s work is the subject of an article in the May issue of Milwaukee Magazine, by writer Dan Simmons.

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